bringing everyone closer together

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The UN
bringing everyone closer together
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New York The USA
Where is the headquarter of the UN ?
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The current United Nations emblem was approved on
7 December 1946. The design is "a map of the
world representing an azimuthal equidistant
projection centred on the North Pole, inscribed
in a wreath consisting of crossed
conventionalized branches of the olive tree, in
gold on a field of smoke-blue with all water
areas in white. The projection of the map extends
to 60 degrees south latitude, and includes five
concentric circles".
What is the emblem of the UN ?
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What do you know about the UN?
In the center of a light blue field there is the
white badge of the UN - a simplified map of the
world between the North Pole and 60 degrees south
with all the inhabited continents shown in
outline. The map is flanked by two olive
branches... Blue and white are the colors of the
UN, the olive branches symbolize world peace, and
the map of the world shows the extent of the UN's
sphere of influence.'
What is the flag of the UN ?
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Former Scretary-general Kofi Annan
Present Scretary-general Ban Ki-moon
Who are the present and former Secretary-General
of the UN ?
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When is United Nations day ?

• October 24
• United Nations Day was established by
  Presidential Proclamation to commemorate the
  establishment of the United Nations in 1945.It is
  celebrated very generally by all countries which
  are members of the United Nations for the purpose
  of informing the people of the world as to the
  aims, purposes, and achievements of the UN.

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The Earth Summit
The purposes of the United Nations are to
maintain international peace and security to
develop friendly relations among nations to
cooperate in solving international economic,
social, cultural and humanitarian problems and in
promoting respect for human rights and
fundamental freedoms and to be a centre for
harmonizing the actions of nations in attaining
these ends.
What is the purpose of the UN ?
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What do you think the UN do to help the world ?
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Who are they ?What are they famous for ?What do
they do to help the people in need?
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• Roger Federer accepts his appointment as a UNICEF
  Goodwill Ambassador at UNICEF House on 3 April
  2006.

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• Actor Khaled Abol Naga is appointed UNICEF Egypt
  Ambassador
• CAIRO, 10 April 2007 - UNICEF Egypt has
  announced the appointment of leading actor Khaled
  Abol Naga as an Ambassador.

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• CIUDAD VIEJA, Uruguay, 31 March 2005 Football
  superstar Diego Forlán has long been a hero to
  many Uruguayan children. In March he was named a
  UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, giving his young fans
  even more reason to cheer.

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• One of the most exciting pianists of our time,
  Lang Lang, age 23, is UNICEFs youngest celebrity
  recruits, becoming a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
  on 20 May 2004.

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• Jackie Chan, world-famous actor and martial arts
  expert, was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for
  UNICEF and the Joint United Nations Programme on
  HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) during a visit to Cambodia in
  April 2004.

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Fast reading
1.Who is Tang Ning?
Tang Ning is a successful businesswoman and a UN
Goodwill Ambassador.
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2.How many countries belong to the UN?
191 countries
3.Which countries has Tang Ning visited?
She has visited countries where the UN operates
programmes to help people.
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C2 True or False questions

• 1. Soldiers representing the UN wear green
  berets.
• 2.The UN was set up in 1945 by 57 countries.
• 3.The UN has a charter with four main purposes.
• 4.Tang Ning gets paid for her work as a UN
  Goodwill Ambassador.
• 5.UNIFEM is a group that helps women.
• 6.The UN has a website.

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Reading strategy
Understanding a speakers attitude
Favorable
Unfavorable

• enthusiastic tone
• positive adjectives/ aspects

• negative adjectives

• I am pleased to have
• Im very happy to have
• As you know, everywhere.

• horrible
• conflicts.

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Further Reading analyze the text
Part1 (1-2)
Brief introduction of the UN
Part2 (3-4)
What Tang did as a UN Goodwill Ambassador
Part3 (5)
The problems the UN helps solve
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An international group...that want to
What?
In Oct, 1945 by 51 countries
When?
The UN (Para1-2)
191 countries all together
Today?
Being ameans that I visit
A Goodwill Ambassador?
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To keep To develop
To co-operate To be a center
Charter
The UN (Para1-2)
From different countries that belong to the UN.
Soldiers?
With the help of, the UN assists
The UN assists?
Retell
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To visit countries where
What?
If I visit, the television and press will,this
will increase
My job (Para3-4)
How?
In South Africa
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Who?
Some women
What?
One rand
In South Africa
add it to
to buy
to sell
to expand
Who set up?
Retell
The UNIFEM
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Para 5
Urgent problems caused by
The UN helps
Other problems such as
Try and meet 2015
agreed to?
A UN meeting in 2000
One is fresh drinking water
What goals?
Another is all children
Retell
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Further understanding

• Read the text again and complete the following

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Goodwill Ambassador for the UN
What
be voluntary to visit countries where the UN has
programs
How
be reported by the television and press
increase awareness of the UNs work
attract and encourage the local people
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The United Nations
After the second World War in October 1945
(originally) 51 countries
(recently) 191 countries
Helps end some of the worlds most horrible
conflicts protects human rights improves
international laws helps with other problems
such as lack of education, lack of food, poverty,
disasters and diseases
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The United Nations
To keep international peace to develop friendly
relationships among nations to cooperate in
solving international problems and in promoting
respect for human rights to be a centre for
organizing the actions or work of different
nations.
Eight goals, one of which is to ensure that fresh
drinking water is available to everyone and
another is that all children complete primary
education.
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• C1 answer the following questions
• 1.What is the UN?
• An international group made up of countries that
  want to increase peace.
• 2.How does Tang Ning feel about being a Goodwill
  Ambassador for the UN?
• Honoured and happy.
• 3.Where do the UN soldiers come from?
• They come from different countries that belong to
  the UN.
• 4.Which countries does Tang ning visit?
• She mainly visits countries where the UN has
  programmes to help people.

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• C1 answer the following questions
• 5.What do the group of women in South Africa
  make? And why?
• Baskets, They sell them at the market.
• 6.Apart from wars and conflicts, what other
  problems does the UN help with?
• Lack of education, lack of money, lack of food,
  poverty, disasters and diseases.
• 7.What are the two of the UNs development goals
  that they want to meet by 2015?
• Access to fresh drinking water for everyone and
  primary education for all children.

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Fill in the blanks
Tang Ning gave a great speech on TV yesterday
about her work as a Goodwill Ambassador for the
UN.
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She is a successful businesswoman who feels
_______ to work for the UN. She started by
explaining that the UN is an ___________ group
made up of 191 countries.
honored
international
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It has a charter which sets out its main
________. One of the jobs of the UN is to protect
human rights and improve ____ on behalf of people
who need help. The UN helps with many problems
such as wars, earthquake, typhoons, and_______.
purposes
laws
poverty
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There seems to be many victims of natural
________as well as civilian victims of wars and
conflicts around the world. People like Tang Ning
visit UN projects and _________people working in
remote places.
disasters
encourage
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One of the aims of the UN is to make sure that
fresh _____________ is accessible to everyone by
2015.
drinking water
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Discussion
1.What skills do you think you need to be a
Goodwill Ambassador? 2. Tang Ning is a successful
businesswoman. How do you think that would help
her in her role as a Goodwill Ambassador?
3.Would you like to be a Goodwill
Ambassador? Why or why not?